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Listen up Tories, Boris Johnson isn’t coming back — it’s time to support Rishi Sunak fully

They just can’t let him be, can they? Rishi Sunak I mean. During the summer when Sunak was campaigning to be the leader of the Conservative Party I found myself having

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023

Government is ‘100% committed’ on Windrush, Home Office minister tells MPs

The remarks come ahead of this year’s 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush generation in Britain.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

Labour pledge on repeat work assessments for ill or disabled

Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Labour’s reforms would aim to “take away fear and distrust”.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

30 years on, Czechoslovakia's 'velvet divorce' is not a model for Scottish independence from the UK

Had Scottish nationalists got their way, 2023 would have seen the country head to the polls in a second referendum over independence from the United Kingdom – and they might have won. Whereas the first attempt in 2014 resulted in 55% voting “no,” polls suggest that after Brexit, a majority…

The Conversation · Jan 10, 2023

Labour Party calls for mandatory mask-wearing to return on public transport and congregated settings

The Labour Party has backed calls from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) to mandate mask wearing on public transport and in congregated settings.

Irish Mirror · Jan 10, 2023

Westminster donations: The MPs given £250,000 for campaigns and causes

Party leaders Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak among MPs topping list

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

Peter Dutton seeks assurances about limits of Voice to Parliament's role

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants assurances on the limits of the power of the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, while remaining tight-lipped on how the Liberal Party will manage its position on the looming constitutional question.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023

Confiscation hearing against former SNP MP Natalie McGarry postponed

Ms McGarry is serving two years behind bars for embezzlement.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

Clive Crook: American and British conservatives are frozen in failure

For the past few years, the U.S. and the U.K. have followed strikingly similar political trajectories. Against all odds, populist uprisings captured both countries’ conservative parties, secured power and embarked on projects of national transformation. These efforts went badly (to put it generously), and in due course support for the…

Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023

West Lancashire by-election is triggered after Rosie Cooper stood down

Ms Cooper had represented the constituency since 2005 before resigning last year

Liverpool Echo · Jan 10, 2023